@WetGeek Have you tried this one out, it looks interesting. I thought about downloading the ISO myself when I have time. https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2/vanilla-os-is-not-your-ordinary-linux:b
Other Interesting Distros, Part 5
zmaint Based on Ubuntu, Gnome desktop... both of those are non-starters for me.
Ubuntu is a good distro, but I know what you mean about GNOME. If that were the only DE available from it, I wouldn't explore it either. Yet, some think the GNOME DE is the best thing since hot sauce. Maybe one of them would like to give it a try?
WetGeek Ubuntu is a good distro, but I know what you mean about GNOME. If that were the only DE available from it, I wouldn't explore it either.
I think that Gnome is the only DE available from Vanilla OS. Vanilla's claim to fame is that the OS is "an immutable operating system", meaning that the core parts of the system are locked down to prevent unwanted changes and corruption from third-party applications or a faulty update. Based on the few reviews available, it doesn't look like Vanilla OS is ready for prime time yet.
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Ubuntu has PPAs to break the system with. Solus doesn't offer that luxury.
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Personal Package Archives (PPAs) are software repositories designed for Ubuntu users and are easier to install than other third-party repositories.
https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/addremove-ppa.html.en
zmaint I think they're a bit different in that Arch is bleeding edge and Ubuntu is more behind. Some people use PPAs to circumvent that release model to get newer versions of software and that may quickly cause some trouble by pulling newer dependencies etc. which may not be compatible with something else.
FYI, I found this Vanilla OS review interesting.
I lost my mind few days ago went on a wild download spree of linux DE
mostly non main stream but so far I havent been impressed by many or any.
At the moment solus Mate is on the machine i am using most it just doesnt give me problems desktop
may be alittle uhhhh dated or something dunno.
Still in the hunt for more modern not space age Desktop DE They all get close then things fall apart.
Just ramblin
Anybody happen to try out this distro?
https://ubuntudde.com/
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Axios I lost my mind few days ago went on a wild download spree of linux DE
mostly non main stream but so far I havent been impressed by many or any.
I went thru this a couple times this year, but no keepers. (I even cooled on Bunsen). I like Spiral Linux it's a mess--so has character.
Axios At the moment solus Mate is on the machine i am using most it just doesnt give me problems desktop
may be alittle uhhhh dated or something dunno.
I'm very happy in Mate. It won't let be break anything. I tore out the task bar and just have a plank. roomy now.
Axios Still in the hunt for more modern not space age Desktop DE They all get close then things fall apart.
Me too. New Budgie ISO will be next to Mate soon. then serpent when it comes out in 2032...
WetGeek BunsenLabs Berrylium Update:
Went back to Mate fulltime. Bunsen was my kind of distro but a lot of work compared to Mate (or anything Solus). I loved the idea but didn't need a tinker/hobby distro. Just one the was mostly ready to rock. In my search for the mythical "#2" I came up short.
Openbox is intetresting but sprawling and I liked Fluxbox better. I tried Fluxbox Siduction. Which is still on Ventoy along with LXQT.
I also am fond of one you called a stinker which is Spiral Linux. It's a stinker but my kind of stinker